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Vanessa Paradis – I’m Waiting For My Man (Velvet Underground)

Friday, September 18th, 2009

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Here’s a so wrong it’s right moment. In the hands of Vanessa, the message of heroin addiction gets lost, as we ponder if she’s waiting for her dad to pick her up from school. Least we forget produced by Lenny Kravitz, who always had an eye for the ladies (but really ponged of B.O.)

Lego Choir – Total Eclipse Of The Heart (Bonnie Tyler)

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Jim Steinman is God !!!!

Mariachi El Bronx – I Would Die For You (Prince)

Friday, August 14th, 2009

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Just cos this is my second Mariachi posting in a week, don’t think I’ve gone all latino G on you, coming on like a character in a Love & Rockets comic, busting a hair net & tattoos is not quite me. find this on the flip of the new El Bronx single. Forthcoming album is a winner. Otherwise know as The Bronx, & usually filed under ‘Rock’, this mariachi twist is their ‘Acoustic’ phase

The Gypsy Kings – Hotel Califonia (Eagles)

Friday, August 7th, 2009

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Slow build which delivers the punch with amazing pigeon English chorus. As featured on soundtrack to The Big Lebowski. “I’m gonna take that gun & stick it up your ass & go click”

Shinehead – Billie Jean (Jacko)

Friday, August 7th, 2009

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Combining strong skunk & the whistling bit from The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.